sprinkle

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ldoce_312_bsprin·kle1 /ˈsprɪŋkəl/ verb

1 [transitiveT]POUR to scatter small drops of liquid or small pieces of something 洒；撒

sprinkle something with something

Sprinkle the top with cheese.

在上面撒些干酪。

sprinkle something on/over something

I sprinkled cocoa over my latte.

我在我的拿铁咖啡上撒了点可可粉。

2 be sprinkled with jokes/quotations etc FULLto be full of jokes etc 穿插着许多笑话/引语等

The book is liberally sprinkled with clichés.

书中使用了大量陈腐的套话。

Examples from the Corpus

liberally sprinkled• Literature and autobiography are liberally sprinkled with accounts of the indignation and outrage felt when such a promise fails to materialize.• My next target was the deck chair area, which was liberally sprinkled with coins.• Dark hair, liberally sprinkled with grey, curled a little too long over his collar.• His bushy black brows, liberally sprinkled with grey, moved up and down in time to the music.

3. it is sprinkling American EnglishAmEHEM if it is sprinkling, it is raining lightly 下着小雨

Examples from the Corpus

sprinkle• Spoon a quarter of the peppers into the middle of each pastry round, sprinkle a little marjoram on top and season.• Reagan sprinkled his conversations with phrases from famous Americans.• Sprinkle the cheese over the beans.• Sprinkle the fish with lemon juice and herbs.• Set a cup of water on the top shelf or sprinkle the newspapers lightly with water.• Its hedged fields are sprinkled with oak trees, and apple orchards and half-timbered houses abound.• But ironically, each team is sprinkled with players poached from the other.• Sure enough, it was sprinkled with several dozen small white specks.• Their actions, setting and dialogue are sprinkled with touchstones of gay life.

sprinkle something on/over something• He had sprinkled rose petals on the bed.